Peru 3-1 Scotland
1978 World Cup
3rd June 1978
Estadio Olimpico Chateau Carreras
Attendance: 37, 927
Scotland’s 1978 World Cup campaign in Argentina started with a 3-1 loss to a Peru side featuring the joint-second highest scorer at the tournament, Teofilo Cubillas.
Cubillas scored twice against Scotland, one of which was a delightful free kick and is considered among the great World Cup goals.
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The Peru side also featured Hector Chumpitaz, who recently remembered the win against Ally MacLeod’s Scotland.
"It was a great surprise because of the quality Scotland had," Chumpitaz told the BBC.
"They had Joe Jordan, one of Europe's top goalscorers, and I had to mark him. He was very tall and I'm short, but we played a great game.
"They were winning 1-0 and I gave away a penalty, but the keeper saved it and we turned the game round to win 3-1, with two good goals from Cubillas - one is considered one of the best ever at a World Cup.
"It was an important game for us because it was the first group game and whoever won had a better chance of qualifying.
"So we got the two points and had the early advantage. Then we beat Iran and drew with the Netherlands, which got us through to the next stage.
"A lot of people thought Scotland and the Netherlands would qualify. Scotland were more experienced and we had a lot of respect for them, but we pulled off an amazing result.”
PERU
Quiroga, Duarte, Manzo, Chumpitaz (c), Diaz, Velasquez, Munante, Cueto (goal 43’), Cubillas (goal 71’, 77’), Oblitas, La Rosa
Manager: Marcos Calderon
SCOTLAND
Rough, Buchan, Kennedy, Forsyth, Burns, Rioch (c), Masson, Hartford, Johnston, Dalglish, Jordan (goal 14’)
Manager: Ally MacLeod
Scotland 2-0 Peru
Friendly
26th April 1972
Hampden Park
Attendance: 21,001
Peru visited Hampden Park in April 1972 as Scotland prepared for the British Home Championship in May.
A Scotland side featuring Denis Law and Archie Gemmill beat the South American side 2-0 in front of over 20,000 in Glasgow.
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Peru ‘s side included Teofilo Cubillas, who would go on to net a brace against Scotland at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, and captain Hector Chumpitaz.
SCOTLAND
Hunter, Brownlie, Donachie, Moncur, Colquhoun, Morgan, Carr, Hartford, Gemmill, O`Hare (goal 47’), Law (c) (goal 65’)
Manager: Tommy Docherty
PERU
Uribe, Manzo, Velasquez, Chumpitaz, Trigueros, Mifflin, Quesada, Munante, Cubillas, Rojas, Orbegozo
Manager: Lajos Baroti
Scotland 1-1 Peru
Friendly
12th September 1979
Hampden Park
Attendance: 41,035
Scotland’s 1-1 draw with Peru took place during qualifying for Euro 1980. Managed by Jock Stein, Scotland were to play Austria at home and Belgium home and away in the qualifying stages for the 1980 European Championships in the coming months.
Everton midfielder Asa Hartford opened the scoring early on before Peru’s Leguia equalised five minutes before full time.
Stein’s Scotland went on to finish second bottom of their Euro 1980 qualifying group.
SCOTLAND
Rough, Jardine (c), Munro, Souness, McQueen, Burns, Cooper, Wark, Dalglish, Hartford (goal 4’), Robertson
Manager: Jock Stein
PERU
Acasuzo, Gastulo, Olaechea, Chumpitaz, Diaz, Mosquera, Velasquera, Cueto, Leguia (goal 85’), Labarthe, La Rosa
Manager: Jose Chiarella
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